I don't know why I don't watch the Oscars. It's not bitterness or anything; it just seems weird.

I'm a huge fan of Michael Hirst, and I'm a huge fan of historical drama.

I remember working on movies like Gettysburg and feeling that Jeff Daniels was kind of a mentor.

Then I did The Tao of Steve and that was at Sundance in 2000 where it did really well.

Every once in awhile, when you can see shades of the person's real interior life, I think that's interesting.

I don't know why I don't watch the Oscars. It's not bitterness or anything; it just seems weird.

It was all that stuff about taking your parents' car when you're 13, sneaking booze into rock shows and ditching school with your friends. I could relate to that as a former teenager, rather than as a present parent.